Thread: Sick of all the closing threads
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2010-06-12 , 20:38
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#135
Originally Posted by w00t View Post
I have been doing my best to stay on topic, but this complaint IMO is not well thought out or in good faith.

Yes, the thread may not have broken the rules specifically, but keeping in mind the below, I think it was the right decision.

The request there was made, in good faith, by prolific contributors, not only to this project, but to the very work you mention. In addition, MeeGo is not Maemo, regardless of the devices on which it is being put on.

This in mind, would you really be happy for the thread to be reopened, despite the people doing the actual work not participating? Seems a bit stubborn and pointless, IMHO.

(i am on my n900, responses might be slow)
I disagree in many respects.

First, is the actual process of closing the thread. Good faith - I can't judge whether or not someone is acting in good faith. But I do know that just because someone wants a thread closed in good faith is not a sufficient reason to do so. The request was made by two people - two! Out of the thousands on this forum and the hundreds actively on this forum. The OP requested it to be closed. That's not a valid reason. What about the other people in the thread before or who could be in the future? And what's to prevent OP of other threads from closing those threads? There was no time for debate; no time for discussion - the request was made and boom it was done! If most of us requested that a thread be closed and it simply would not happen immediately. I suspect the thread was closed because of the person making the request - not the validity of the request. It isn't fair to the vast majority of ordinary community members that whether or not a common action like a thread closing depends on who makes the request.

Second, Meego is discussed in hundreds of threads on this forum. If this was the reason, there would be repeated statements that all such threads are off topic, and then they would all be closed. But that's not it.

Third, it's not about MeeGo - it's about adaptation to N8x0, the overwhelming number of N8x0 community are here, in this forum. Forum threads are useful for communicating the community's desires for the goals of the project. The n8x0 community should be able to discuss the project so that it meets the community's wishes.

Fourth, to me it seems stubborn for people to want the thread closed so noone else can use it. If they don't want to participate, then don't. And if they won't participate in the thread if it stays open, then they are the ones being petty. Let us n8x0 users have our forum back.

Fifth, full disclosure woot, you are part of the team at meego.com, not just some passerby here giving objective thoughts on the propriety of the thread closing.

Let us n8x0 users have our forum back!
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